''My Roomie Is a Dino'', also known as , is a Japanese

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series written by Moriko Mori and illustrated by Cota Tomimura. It was serialized in

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's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''

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'' from October 2018 to January 2022. Its chapters has been collected in six ''

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'' volumes as of September 2021. An

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television series adaptation by Space Neko Company and Kamikaze Douga premiered on April 5, 2020. A live-action drama adaptation also premiered the same day and ran for three episodes.

Characters

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Media

Manga

''My Roomie Is a Dino'', written by Moriko Mori and illustrated by Cota Tomimura, was serialized in

's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''

'' from October 15, 2018, to January 24, 2022. Kodansha has collected its individual chapters into six ''

'' volumes as of October 2021. In March 2020,

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announced the acquisition of the manga for an English-language digital release.

Volume list

TV drama

A live-action drama adaptation written by Kotaro Sudo premiered on April 5, 2020.

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Nana Yashiro (professionally known as “8467”) plays Kaede in this version.

Anime

On September 2, 2019, Kodansha revealed that an

television series adaptation was announced. The series is co-animated by Space Neko Company and Kamikaze Douga, with Jun Aoki directing and writing the series' scripts, and Gin composing the series' music. It premiered on April 5, 2020 on

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and BS11. On May 12, 2020, it was announced that the airings of Episode 8 and onward were delayed due to the effects of the ongoing

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. On July 19, 2020, it was announced that both the anime and live-action series would resume in October 2020. The series was rebroadcast from the first episode on October 4, 2020, and resumed on November 22, 2020.

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is streaming the anime in English-speaking countries under the title of ''Gal & Dino''. An English dub of the anime was released on March 5, 2022.

Episode list

All episodes were written and directed by Jun Aoki.

Notes

References

External links

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